for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia rise? the gentleman from georgia is recognized for one hour. mr. woodall: madam speaker, for the purpose of debate only i yield the customary 30 minutes to my good friend, the gentlelady from new york, ms. slaughter. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. the gentleman will suspend. the house is not in order.

will members clear the well? the house is not in order. the gentleman from georgia is recognized. mr. woodall: madam speaker, for the purpose of debate only i yield the customary 30 minutes to my good friend, the gentlelady from new york, ms. slaughter. pending which i yield myself such time as i may consume. during consideration of this resolution all time is yielded for purpose of debate only. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. the gentleman will suspend. mr. woodall: i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman will suspend. the house will be in order. members, take your conversations from the floor. the gentleman from georgia is recognized. mr. woodall: madam speaker, this rule that we have today provides for an hour of consideration on a bill that

would do two very simple things. first, it would provide that if the house and the senate failed to do their business they fail to get paid. it's a pretty basic principle in america, no work, no pay. if the house and senate failed to get together and solve this budget crisis, no pay. all this resolution asks, all the underlying resolution asks is that the senate act. the senate act, they don't have to agree with the house, they just have to act, act, and send something -- send something to the house for negotiation and consideration. the second thing this bill does is it's every bit as important as no work, no pay, is that this bill says for whatever reason if the senate cannot act, if the senate cannot pass something, they defeated two things but they passed nothing, then the text of h.r. 1 will control the appropriation of the united states of america

and the government will not shut down. will not shut down. because we will continue to operate under h.r. 1 funding levels until such time as the senate can affirmtively pass yet a different bill. i rise in strong support of that underlying legislation, madam speaker, and i would like to yield the opening of this debate, i'd like to yield five minutes to my good friend, mr. womack. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. womack: thanks to the gentleman for the yielding, -- the gentleman for yielding. and i value his friendship and his sense of purpose. madam speaker, that is precisely why i rise today in support of my bill to prevent a government shutdown. i have a unique background. having helped a family start a broadcasting company that now spans in excess of 30 years, i

served my country in uniform for more than 30 years, spent a little time in the financial services sector, and finally for the last 12 years having served as mayor of one of arkansas' most dynamic cities and one of america's most livable cities, rogers, arkansas, in clearly one of our nation's most dynamic and fastest growing regions. madam speaker, it was there i had the privilege of working side by side with executives from some of our leading corporations, wal-mart, tyson foods, j.b. hunt trucking, all startup companies once upon a time and now leaders in their trade and with a global reach. these industry giants did not get where they are by ignoring their challenges. they confronted them. it's part of their genius. it is in this context that i

share with my colleagues my greatest frustration. having been elected by the citizens of arkansas' third district to come to washington, d.c. and help deliver our country to a better future only to find myself and my colleagues meyered in the muck of beltway -- mired in the muck of beltway politics. we have a crisis on our hands. unsustainable deficits as far as the eye can see, a national debt nearing statutory limitation and overreaching government burr ockrassy intruding in all sectors of -- bureaucracy intruding in all sectors of society, people looking for work so they can pursue the american dream. and they face our nation's toughest issues head on and that's what house republicans have been doing. we were three months into this fiscal year when we took our oaths of office and without a

budget we went straight to work on the most pressing issue upon arrival, funding government for the rest of this year. and it is sad that as i make these remarks all we have been able to show for our work now into the month of april are temporary measures that continue to distract us away from the real work ahead, the 2012 budget. madam speaker, this has to stop . the political gamesmanship going on in the upper chamber might make for good headlines in the capitol press but it is hurting our nation. that's why i've offered this bill to self-impose a deadline on congress, and i'm asking my colleagues to join me in supporting h.r. 1255 to start the clock on the senate to pass something we can agree to in funding government for the remainder of this year, by april 6, or assuming a

government shutdown, expect to have our pay withheld until we can reach agreement. every time we fail to address these issues, madam speaker, we add to the uncertainty now plaguing america. we contribute to the decline of our economy. we add to the burden of future generations and we dash the hopes and dreams of millions of people who count on us every day. madam speaker, the time is now to act, and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from georgia reserves his time. the gentlewoman from new york. ms. slaughter: good morning, madam speaker. i thank my friend from georgia for yielding, and i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. slaughter: madam speaker, for over 200 years the house of representatives has seen almost everything. from the days as a young nation

to modern day america, the exchange of ideas, the debate of legislation is a rich and proud tradition and moves our country forward. but unfortunately today's legislation abandons this proud history and takes a new role in the united states house of representatives. as you know the new majority started off this session with reading every section and every piece of the constitution of the united states to show our reverence for it. but this morning that constitution has been kicked under the couch out of sight, less its presence in the room restrict what is attempting to be done here today. indeed, this legislation proposes we throw away 200 years of legislative history and upends the final process of how a bill becomes law. despite the urgent and dire issues facing our constituents,

here we are, the u.s. house of representatives considering a legislation that has no chance of becoming law. today's legislation would deem a bill that the senate has already voted down as passed by that very senate. it would take a remarkable mind to even come up with such an idea. this notion, while clever, will never pass in the u.s. senate and let me remind you that what we're doing this morning saying we're going to bypass the senate would not do anything at all unless the senate passes it themselves saying, forget about us. it's simply not going to happen. i hope a solution of the government shutdown is taking places in offices between senate and house members and representatives of the administration as we speak.

they are the people that can -- it is the only solution and they thick the solution is a government shutdown to meet the democrat party at the negotiating table, not to propose scrapping the entire legislative process. i'm sad to say that it is like grim's fairy tales. i think it demeans the house to pretend to do the impossible, to pretend to do what we can. does the majority believe that the majority has supernatural powers upon them to bypass the united states senate in the house of representatives, there are written rules for how the legislative process proceeds. rules that were crafted by thomas jefferson, rules that had been tried in truth by this

legislative body. this has helped our nation during the civil war to civil rights, the rules of the house has seen us through struggle and strife and kept our country strong. today's bill would throw away these rules and very much upset thomas jefferson. every one of us knows as schoolchildren that there is no way for a bill to become law without both chambers acting on it. a conference committee can meet if necessary, and the signature of the president of the united states. i wish i was not standing here to explain to my colleagues how a bill becomes law, and i said yesterday, and i must say it again, and i hope we have not warped no children's mind, anyone that is watching the per version of the process today and any teachers who are guiding children through this process take courage because you can see the video that will

explain once again, i am a bill. no one has seriously considered the idea that one house can pass a bill and decide it will be the law of the land. hopefully no party will ever try such a far-fetched tactic again. the procedure to deem and legislation through the house was the slaughter solution, a procedure we decided not to use. at the time speaker boehner called called it an affront to every american and now he brings his own deem and pass legislation to the floor. . i want to speak to the process that leads us to the floor today. the proposed bill has seen no committee consideration of any kind. there has been no opportunity whatever for public input. it required emergency meeting of the rules committee last night to rush it to the floor today. and no chair or ranking member of the four committees

responsible for this legislation even came to the rules committee. the democrat ranking member saying they never heard of the bill. they certainly did not want to come up and debate it. so now we are considering another closed rule, a process that certainly is far from the most open and transparent congress in history we were promised. if we are moving forward with emergency legislation under closed rule it should be for one reason, to create jobs. we have gone 13 weeks without a single jobs bill brought to the house floor by the majority. in fact, all of us know that that is the overriding fear in the united states today. instead, we debate legislation so far-fetched that it will never proceed beyond this house floor. we should not waste another minute ignoring the needs of millions of americans, those who have no jobs, and are losing their homes, while debating fantastic legislation that will never become law. this is a bad joke on the

american people. not a serious solution to our problems. i urge my colleagues to think again about the proud tradition of the house of representatives and how proud each of us are to be able to represent constituents here and to try to do it in a sensible way that can really move the country forward and not as we are doing today simply again wasting time. i urge everyone to vote no on today's rule and no on the underlying bill. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back the balance of her time. the gentleman from georgia. mr. woodall: i yield myself 60 seconds to apologize to the gentlelady from new york. i'm told by my team here that normal order would have been to yield to you before i yielded to my colleague. i'm new and i apologize for going out of order. ms. slaughter: no need to apologize. perfectly all right. mr. woodall: i would just say as i beg the gentlelady's forgiveness as a freshman i'm just trying to get things done. i'm trying to make things

happen. this bill is one of those steps along the way. ms. slaughter: we all were freshmen once, we understand. mr. woodall: i thank the gentlelady. madam speaker, i yield as much time as he may consume to my good friend and leader, the chairman of the rules committee, the gentleman from california, mr. dreier. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. dreier: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. dreier: madam speaker, i want to begin by expressing my appreciation to my friend from lawrenceville not only managing this rule but as one of the lead co-sponsors of this legislation. i hate the fact, i hate the fact that we are doing this bill. i don't like it at all, madam speaker. but i like even less the prospect of a government shutdown. we are determined to do everything we possibly can to ensure that we don't shut down the government. and potentially create a scenario whereby our men and women in uniform are not compensated and all the other

things that we have talked about that would be serious problems that we would face if we had a government shutdown would take place. we want to prevent that. that's the reason that we are here dealing with this very, very unpleasant situation. why is it, why is it, madam speaker, that we are here today? we are here today because for the first time since passage of 1974 budget and empowerment act, we saw a united states congress fail to pass a budget. that's what happened last year. we also for the first time saw the failure to pass appropriations bills. now, there was an attempt to do it under a closed process, we know we are in the process of changing that, but the bills weren't passed. and so the last congress dumped in our laps in december a

continuing resolution which extended the operations of the federal government to march 4 of this year. madam speaker, we know that there was a new congress elected on november 2 of last year. i'm very happy about that. mr. woodall, mr. conseco, other members are here, there are 87 new republicans, nine new democrats who have joined the 112th congress. for my party it's the largest gain we have had in nearly 3/4 of a century. since 1938. and it's not simply a gain for my party, madam speaker, it was a message that was sent by the american people all across this country the american people said, we've had it. we are up to here. we need to create jobs, get our economy growing, and we need to reduce the size and scope and reach of the federal government. now, we constantly hear this

argument, from our friends on the other side of the aisle, that we are not creating jobs. we are not taking action to create jobs. madam speaker, as we know the joint economic committee has just come out with a study looking at nations around the world, and it's very clear, everything that we do to reduce government spending, madam speaker, is based on evidence we have work to grow economies and create jobs and that's exactly what we are going to be able to do here. the other thing that's very sad is that 41 days ago we passed a measure that we are debating here. 41 days ago we had, as my friend from lawrenceville said, a virtually unprecedented debate of 90 hours, democrats and republicans, for the first time in decades, had an opportunity on a continuing resolution to debate and pass their amendments. members on both sides of the aisle had amendments that succeeded during that 90 hours of debate which was a challenge

for all of us, but we went through it. that's the work product that we have before us. this house worked its will and that's what we were able to achieve. 41 days ago we did that, madam speaker. and the other body, our colleagues in the senate, have done absolutely nothing other than defeat two measures. this one, h.r. 1, and they defeated their democratic proposal. no action has been taken. speaker boehner has consistently been saying not only where are the jobs, we are all gratified that the positive signs of our getting our fiscal house in order have played a big role in creating 216,000 nonfarm payroll jobs last month, and brought the employment rate from 8.9 down to 8.8%. positive indication that is have come about because we are starting to get our fiscal house in order. but, madam speaker, our friends in the other body have failed to act on dealing with this issue.

so that's why we are here today as we look, april fool's day, everyone's been talking about that, but one week from today it's not going to be a joke at all if we face the prospect of a government shutdown. and we do one week from today. and that's why we feel that it's very important for us to pass this measure again, remind our colleagues, some of whom may have become a little forgetful, they not know it was 41 days ago we actually sent this measure over to them, so, madam speaker, we want to do that again. and i hope very much that we'll be able to do it. again, i don't like a lot of what's in here. i don't like the fact that we are here. but it's because of this crisis that we are here. now, we are dealing with very serious international challenges around the world. madam speaker, i'm particularly proud that the house democracy partnership, which my colleague from north carolina, mr. price, and i have the privilege of leading, has had a group of

newly elected parliamentarians from indonesia, pakistan, lebanon, and iraq visiting us this week, observing this institution. and i heard an interview this morning with one of our colleagues in the other body who said, what kind of signal does it send to people who are working to develop democratic institutions, political pluralism, the rule of law, self-determination in their countries, what kind of signal does that send when the united states ever america can't even come to together and keep the federal government going? now, many of those people happen to be here right now with us, madam speaker, and they are observing what is taking place. and we need to show them that we can get our work done. and we need to show the american people the message that was sent to us last november 2 is one that has been heard. so, madam speaker, i encourage my colleagues to vote in favor

of this rule and in favor of the underlying legislation so that we will be able to take an unpleasant situation, ensure that the government doesn't shut down a week from today, and ensure that we can get back to the work that we are supposed to be doing this year, not cleaning up last year's work. we should do that as expeditiously as possible. i thank my friend again for his thoughtful leadership on this very important issue, his management of the rule. with that i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from georgia continues to reserve. the gentlewoman from new york. ms. slaughter: madam speaker, i yield three minutes to the gentleman from massachusetts, a member of the rules committee, mr. mcgovern. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized for three minutes. mr. mcgovern: thank you. madam speaker, i rise in strong opposition to this closed rule and to the ridiculous, meaningless, and unconstitutional underlying legislation. today the republican leadership has brought forward a bill that they call without any apparent trace of irony, the government

shutdown prevention act of 2011. this bill was introduced on wednesday and rushed to the floor without the 72 hours of notice that the republicans promised. even though the bill was referring to four different committees, not a single hearing has been held. not a single markup has taken place. where is the openness, where is the fairness? this process is lousy. this bill would not only -- this bill would not only have no practical effect, it's not even remotely constitutional. if my friends on the other side of the aisle want to put out a press release or series of talking points, hey, it's a free contry. but to waste the time of the house on something this ridiculous is an insult to the american people. we should be talking about jobs and the economy, not debating silliness that is supposed to appeal to the g.o.p.'s right-wing base. if my republican friends want to avert a government shutdown and make no mistake, because of your

intransigence, because of your insistence on cutting everything from pell grants to the national institutes of health, this is in your hands. this is in your hands. if you want to avert a government shutdown, i have an idea. pick up the phone. send a note. or better yet, engage in meaningful negotiations with the senate and the white house. enough pontificating, enough polarization. do your job. my republican colleagues like to talk a lot about the sanctity of the constitution. they made a big display of reading the entire document on the floor of the house at the beginning of this congress. apparently they weren't paying very much attention. for the benefit of my republican colleagues, let me read from article 1, section 7. quote, every bill which shall have passed the house of representatives and the senate shall before becomes law be presented to the president of the united states if he approves, he shall sign it, but if not, he shall return it.

end quote. instead, what this bill says is that if the senate hasn't passed a continuing resolution by april 6, then h.r. 1 would be deemed as passed by the senate, signed by the president, and enacted into law. you have got to be kidding me, madam speaker. if this is the new standard that the republicans are going to use, i have a few ideas of my own. i would like to introduce a bill that says that the house deems the red sox who have won the 2011 world series. it wouldn't mean anything, it wouldn't be constitutional, but it sure would be popular in massachusetts. madam speaker, this would be laughable if it weren't so outrageous. i urge my colleagues to reject this closed rule and the underlying legislation and i urge my republican friends to go back to the negotiating table and negotiate in good faith. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from georgia. mr. woodall: madam speaker, at this time i'd like to yield two minutes to my very good friend,

a freshman from texas, mr. canseco. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia -- texas for two minutes. mr. canseco: i thank the speaker and i thank my colleague from georgia. madam speaker, the house of representatives is attempting to prevent the government from shutting down. we have to do so because the senate under the leadership of senator harry reid hasn't passed a bill to fund the government for the remainder of the year. it's now been 41 days since the house passed our bill, h.r. 1. the lack of senate action certainly isn't because they haven't had the time. since the passage of h.r. 1, the senate has had time to pass legislation like, the bill designating march 11 as world plumbing day. senator reid's excuse for not passing the bill? house republicans passed extreme

spending cuts. despite the $61 billion in spending cuts in h.r. 1 being the largest spending cut since world war ii, it amounts to approximately a 2% cut of what the c.b.o. projects the federal government will spend in 2011. that's cutting spending by approximately two cents for every dollar we are projected to spend. given that the federal government is borrowing approximately 40 cents out of every dollar we spend and sending the bill to our children and grandchildren, cutting two cents out of every dollar hardly seems extreme or excessive. . the only thing that is extreme or excessive is for liberals to spend the money leaving the american people unable to spend on their priorities. i yield back my time.

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentlewoman from new york. ms. slaughter: madam speaker, i yield three minutes to the gentleman from colorado, a member of the rules committee, mr. polis. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from colorado is recognized for three minutes. mr. polis: thank you, madam speaker. you know, we do face a real issue here before us today. a government shuftdown in a week that could hurt our security and safety as a nation and hurt our recovery and job growth. and this real issue deserves a real discussion, a discussion and agreement between the house and senate and the president. we have six days left to negotiate and yet here today instead of contributing to a solution, the house republicans are bringing about a constitutional crisis on top of the funding crisis. that's the last thing that our fragile economy needs. madam speaker, yesterday in rules committee -- and i think this might very well be the first time it's occurred on rules committee in my just over two years, every witness that

came to visit our committee was opposed to what we're doing here today. the witnesses were unanimous that this approach is unconstitutional and that this approach is ill-advised. now, in my time on rules committee i don't think we had such unanimity of the people that have come before us. madam speaker, i'd like to submit for the record article 1 of our constitution. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. polis: thank you, madam speaker. article 1, section 7, clearly states that every bill which shall have passed the house of representatives and the senate shall before it become the law be presented to the president of the united states. now, what's being done with this bill is entirely different. i'd like to show our friends a very basic lesson in how a bill becomes law. this is our friend, bill. for a bill to become a law it needs to pass the house and the senate before it goes to the president. now, we know there are

differences between the house and senate version that can be resolved through a conference committee or it can be sent with an amendment back to the other body to accept that as we routinely do. that is being done in this case is this little guy is deeming from the house that it has passed the senate. now, this is particularly unusual because not only has this bill not passed the senate, it actually has been specifically rejected by the senate. and now a bill is going to the senate asking them that they deem they have passed something that they have actually rejected. it's some sort of orwellian double speak of conforming some alternative reality regarding to this deem and pass measure. now, there are some things that we could be doing in this house and i hope we do. in addition to the good faith negotiations, which this constitutional crisis undermines, we could be taking up senate bill 388. senate bill 388 would make sure that members of congress don't

get paid during a government shutdown. now, this is news to most of the american people, because you know what, most federal workers, they aren't going to get paid if the government shuts down. you know who gets paid? those of you that are speaking before you today. that is the current law. we could change that law today. it passed unanimously in the united states senate to ensure that members -- i ask for an additional 30 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: 30 seconds. mr. polis: thank you. the senate sent a bill over unanimously to make sure that congress doesn't get paid if the government shuts down. it's been sitting here at the house desk. the republican leadership has not taken up that bill. we can send it on to the president of the united states, sign that bill, make sure that the senate members of the congress -- and we are in the same boat as the other federal workers with regard to a government shutdown. it's time to get serious about solving how we're going to fund the operations of government and not -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. polis: and not put a

constitutional crisis on top of a funding crisis. i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia. mr. woodall: i'd like to ask my good friend, mr. polis, if he'd lend me his chart for a moment. mr. polis, could i borrow your chart up here? would you allow me to use this? and i want to say that -- and i thank my -- i thank my friend for sharing with me. that's the kind of thing that goes on. i mean, folks often see the frustration on the house floor. you often seen -- see the tempers at their height. thank you, sir. but the kind of things that goes behind the scenes that you don't see is exactly the kind of thing i see on tv. i thank my chart -- i thank my friend for bringing this chart. this was a treat to see in the rules committee, i think we all agree.

if you listen to this song, madam speaker, once the bill passes the house it goes to the senate and the senate acts. the senate acts. there's all these pleas for negotiation. the suggestion as we're not doing enough on the house side. longest debate this house has had most amendments -- more amendments in fact on h.r. 1, the bill that's contained in this underlying resolution that we had on all appropriation bills combined over the past four years. this is the proud work product of the house, h.r. 1. here is the work product of the senate, madam speaker. right here. as my colleague asks, pleads, in fact, that we negotiate with the senate. here's what the senate has offer. how do you negotiate with that, madam speaker? how do you negotiate with that? this is what we learned about. this is what our students are studying across the nation. this is what the senate has given us to work with.

now, you tell me as a freshman, what is it that i'm supposed to do? what is it that i'm supposed to do when the senate fails to act and what we have done, what we have done is to say, if the senate fails to act you can't pass anything, i don't know why. so just go ahead and fund the government, prevent the government shutdown, fund the government at h.r. 1 levels and let's continue that negotiation. i look forward to the day when we don't have a blank sheet here. mr. polis: will the gentleman yield for a moment? mr. woodall: i'd be happy to yield. mr. polis: the house passed a continuing resolution. however, that specific resolution failed in the united states senate. it was rejected. on top of that, the third body, the executive, threatened a veto of that. what this calls for is some sort of deal that everyone can do to ensure that the government continues to -- mr. woodall: there are those that would have you believe that the house is insisting that its way or no way at all.

that's not the case at all. we just did our job here and we're waiting for the counteroffer. how do you negotiate with this? you can't, madam speaker. and with that i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentlewoman from new york. ms. slaughter: madam speaker, i am pleased to yield two minutes to the gentleman from new jersey, mr. pallone. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for two minutes. mr. pallone: thank you, madam speaker. i know it's april fools day, but i still am amazed by the jokes or the myths that are being relayed by my colleagues on the other side of the aisle. and i like my colleague from georgia, but i just want to say three things. first of all, i heard the gentleman from california, mr. dreier, get up and say that the republican policies with this c.r. were creating jobs. and he cited the fact that the unemployment numbers went down from 8.9% to 8.8% in march. if anyone thinks that by passing two or three-week

c.r.'s that you're going to create jobs and somehow improve the economy and lower the unemployment rate, you know, i got -- i got a bridge to sell you. the fact of the matter is that every economist is telling us that this republican c.r. kills jobs, economic policy institute shows that the republican c.r. would destroy more than 800,000 jobs. and i could go through the list. so the myth that they're creating jobs and helping the economy with in is simply not true. second thing is, the gentleman keeps talking about the congress not getting paid if there is a shutdown. well, s. 388 passed the senate unanimously over a month ago with republican leader mitch mcconnell's support. it's been sitting here at the house desk because the republican leadership refuses to take it up. that bill could become law today if they wanted to bring it up. simply bring it up. don't mask what you're doing with this c.r. by talking about members getting paid. you could bring that bill up at any time. now, the third myth is this

idea that -- that the republicans are not preventing a government shutdown. they're the ones that are preventing a government shutdown because they refuse to compromise. there are negotiations going on with the senate, but it's the tea party and the right wing of the republican party that keeps insisting that it's my way or the highway. pass h.r. 1, pass the c.r. or do nothing. yesterday was a rally on the mall. what did the tea party cry out? they said, cut it or shut it. either go along with my bill or shut the government down. so don't say you're trying to prevent a government shutdown. you're doing just the opposite. let's not continue with all these myths today. april fools' day. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia. mr. woodall: madam speaker, i'm proud to yield two minutes to my good friend from michigan, mr. mccotter. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan is recognized for two minutes. mr. mccotter: thank you. i rise in support of the rule because i think for two reasons it's very important -- that are very important. the first is so that we can

continue to discuss what happens when you bury prosperity beneath big government. the second is because we also need to be reminded that the road to hell is paved with good intentions. it seems to me that when you have an impasse on the budget it is borne of the difference very fundamentally that one side wants less spending and one side would like more spending. and there are a bunch of members who wind up in the middle. now, i think we can all concede whatever our positions that reducing federal spending is hard. certainly past precedence proves that. past precedence also proves something else. that historically the way you break a logjam in congress is to log roll. that is the process whereby members who have differences split that difference and spend more money to make each other happy and to serve their constituents as they think best. what we've done in this bill is

to incentivize spending. because i want you to think of the situation we're in. you are now telling a politician that you will get your -- you will get no money in your pocket until you spend money from someone else's pocket. you are telling them that the fastest way to end an impasse is to settle. and you are making it harder for those who would seek more spending reductions to stand their ground and fight for it. so that is why i support the rule and why i oppose the underlying bill because i will not pave the fiscal road to hell with good intentions or your money. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from new york. ms. slaughter: i am pleased to yield two minutes to the gentlewoman from maryland, ms. edwards. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from maryland is recognized for two minutes. ms. edwards: madam speaker, i'm

really dumbfounded as to why we're here today. i sat back and i closed my eyes and i remember that my favorite grade was fifth grade and now i remember why my favorite grade was fifth grade because as my colleague from colorado has pointed out, i remember in fifth grade playing how a bill becomes a law and i was the house and somebody else was the senate and another one of our fifth graders was the constitution and what we learned is you have to pass the bill out of the house, goes to the senate, goes on to the president, he signs it, it becomes a law. pretty simple. well, here we are in fifth grade yet again. i want to say here, madam speaker, is that i really -- i oppose the rule, i oppose the underlying bill and i'm recollecting that just over a

year ago we had this exact discussion about deem and pass. and so while an elephant never forgets, it seems that the party of elephants is just forgetting every day. and if this were only about mascots, forgetting would be ok, but it's not ok because it's not just about mascots. it's about the american people. and so i want to remind the american people about the word of some of our leaders here in this house when deem and pass was put on the table just a year ago. our now speaker john boehner called it a, quote, scheme and plot, that set a precedent that was, quote, one of the most outrageous things he'd seen since he'd been in congress. that was on march 19, 2010. mike pence said it's a, quote, trampling on the traditional rules of the house and senate even on the constitution of the united states. that was on march 16, 2010.

eric cantor termed it a, quote, malfeesant manner, unquote. and those who might support it as having, quote, discharged the duties of their offices, on march 18, 2010. and here we are, the elephants never forgetting but the elephants repeating. with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia. mr. woodall: madam speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. i associate myself with the gentlewoman's remarks. those comments on the bottom of the board are as true today as they were a year ago. there's no deeming in this bill. i give my colleagues on the other side of the aisle the benefit of the doubt that they know that and that's just the spin for today. there's no deeming in this bill. this bill says one thing and one thing only about h.r. 1 and that is that if the senate cannot act we're going to give the senate some cover. if the senate doesn't want to commit to h.r. 1 for the remainder of the year we give

them the opportunity to incorporate the language of h.r. 1 into this bill, send it to the president's desk for his signature, make it the law of the land while we continue to work to sort out our budget differences. now, that's critically important. one thing and one thing only this bill does, gives the senate the opportunity to say, you know what, for whatever reason, and the reasons are still a mystery for me, we can't pass legislation in the senate. we can defeat things all day long but we can't pass anything. i'm not sure why that is. . this bill says none of us want a shutdown. i've got to be honest, i'm beginning to wonder if none of us want a shutdown is a true statement. there are some people driving us down that road. this is a bill that gives us another option. another arrow in our quiver to say, if you cannot act, senate, if you are paralyzed by inaction, pass this bill and we'll continue those negotiations while h.r. 1 is the law of the land. i'd like to say to my friend from michigan, i thank him for

his support of the rule. i hope i can persuade him to support the underlying resolution. he suggested that by penalizing members of congress for failure to act, and curbing our salaries, that would somehow encourage a compromise that would spend more out of other people's pockets. i certainly share that fear if that's what this bill does, but it does not. what it says is, the very best deal we have been able to negotiate among ourselves here in the house was h.r. 1. the most conservative deal -- actually the most conservative and most liberal, the work product of all 435 of us, it's what came out of this house in h.r. 1. and it says, let's fund those levels that we have already agreed on, that has already been the work product of the people's house, the most responsive body in politics, let's incorporate that as our base line while we continue to discuss. it's not going to spend an additional nickel out of anyone's pockets, madam speaker. it is only going to say to the congress and the senate, if you do not work, you do not get

paid. i cannot think of a constituent back home who would disagree with that. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentlewoman from new york. ms. slaughter: madam speaker, i'm pleased to yield two minutes to the gentlewoman from florida, miss debbie wasserman schultz. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from florida is recognized for two minutes. ms. wasserman schultz: thank you so much, madam speaker. i rise today in opposition to h.r. 1255. i say to my friend from georgia that no matter how he slices it, if you are saying in this law, in this bill, that if the senate fails to act then h.r. 1 becomes law, check websters, that's deeming. this is blatantly unconstitutional, deem and pass legislation, offered by representative womack, and it makes me wonder what sort of april fool's day joke is being played on the american public. to be sure congressman womack cited constitutional authority for his bill. first he cites clause 7 of section 9 of art igle 1, that congress has the authority to spend money by passing laws. he then cites clause 1 of

section 8, for the idea that congress shall have power to lay taxes and pay the debt. but what my republican colleagues fail to cite, is clause 1, section 1, article 1 for the fundamental concept that congress shall consist of a senate and the house of representatives. as much as we don't like that much of the time, that is what the constitution says. i also refer him to clause 2, section 7 of article 1, that lays out the basic constitutional conscript that a bill becomes a law if and only if it is passed by the house and the senate and signed by the president. the house has no magic wand to do this all on its own. glinda the good witch of the north is not coming to save you. h.r. 1 is more like a product of the wicked witch of the west. perhaps at the start of the next congress we should show the schoolhouse rock video, i'm just a bill, as a reflex on how a bill becomes the law. reading the constitution on the

floor has stuck well. while today's april's fools day it fells like groundhog's day. here we are deeming passed the job killing h.r. 1. in case anyone has forgotten, that job killing spending bill would destroy 700,000 jobs and threaten the economic recovery now under way. the democratic minority remains committed to our goals for the 112th congress to create jobs, strengthen the middle class, and responsibly reduce the deficit. i yield back the balance of my time. and say, defeat this misguided legislation and make sure that members of congress aren't paid when government employees aren't. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from georgia. mr. woodall: i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman continues to reserve. the gentlewoman from new york. ms. slaughter: madam speaker, i yield two minutes to the gentleman from new jersey, mr. andrews. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman -- the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for two minutes. mr. andrews: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. andrews: thank you, madam speaker. as the weekends, there is the

welcome news that american employers added 216,000 jobs. but this is still a night for 15 million people where they didn't get those jobs. it will be another sleepless night, another friday without a paycheck. and what did the majority in the house of representatives do about that this week? well, early in the week they took a bill to cancel out a program that helps people trying to keep their homes and pay their bills out of foreclosure. then we spent a day pretending we were the district of columbia board of education debating about how the d.c. schools should be organized. today is going to be capped off by debating a bill that any fifth grader would understand is unconstitutional because it does not require the house and the senate to act. there are serious discussions going on about what we ought to do in this country, but the most serious thing we ought to do is work together to create an environment so that entrepreneurs large and small

could create jobs. instead, what we are doing is wasting yet another week, this is week 14, yet another day, yet another session, having a fairly superficial political discussion about a bill that simply isn't constitutional and doesn't make sense. why don't we put on the floor a bill that reduces the deficit, cuts the subsidies to the oil companies, and puts some of the money into putting americans back to work building clean water systems and roads and schools? why don't we do that? at a minimum what we are going to do today is vote for something i do support. if there's a government shutdown, and i sure hope there isn't, we shouldn't get paid, either. we can agree on that. let's put that on the floor. but for goodness sakes can't there come a day in this house we actually work together on a jobs bill instead of another week of failure? i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from georgia. mr. woodall: madam speaker, i

yield myself such time as i may consume. to say one of the great joys of serving in this body is when you get to take a stand on something you really believe in. and while i have great respect for my friend from new jersey and i know he represents his constituency well, my constituency does not believe that the government has the power to create a single job. not one. in fact, my constituency believes that every single person that the united states government hires is a job that would have been done in the private sector, would have been done better in the private sector, would have spurred the private sector economy but were sucked into the federal government. we understand that entrepreneurs create jobs. entrepreneurs create jobs. i will say as we continue to count the days that the house has passed h.r. 1 and the senate has enacted, if the same number of days, madam speaker, since i came to this floor, probably shortly after my friend from new jersey spoke object h.r. 1 rule, to say if you want to do away with those -- if you want to go

after the oil companies, if you want to go after the lobbyists, special eppings exceptions -- exceptions, join me on h.r. 25. not one new friend of mine from the other side of the aisle has joined me since that speech. only bill in congress. i would love to yield to the gentleman from new jersey. mr. andrews: i thank my friend and thank him for his passion. i thought i heard the gentleman say a minute ago that every job created in the public sector sucks away money that could create a private sector job. did the gentleman say that? mr. woodall: to be clear, mr. andrews, i absolutely said, the government cannot create jobs. it can hire people that would otherwise have been hired -- mr. andrews: if the gentleman would yield. i would ask him if he would apply that definition to our people in the military. are their jobs -- mr. woodall: i'm thankful for bringing that up. i intend to speak to that. it's critical important. it's been ignored throughout this whole debate, do you know what happens in a government shutdown? those heroes of this country do

not get paid. i understand that. in a government shutdown, this is a bill to provide a special rule so that we don't get paid, but by the ordinary function of law, our men and women who serve this country at home and abroad in uniform, do not get paid. do not get paid. now, it is alarming to me because i know you share my passion for that. it is alarming to me that this is the only solution that has been brought to the floor. i'm one of the co-sponsors who brought it to the floor. and we have had nothing but contempt for this effort. i'm not saying this is the end all, be all of good government. in fact i associate myself with chairman dreier's remarks. i hate we have to do this. i have been in congress for 90 days, madam speaker. i haven't gotten to work on the new agenda yet. my time has been wholly consumed with trying to sort out the problems from last year. it's frustrating to me as someone who wants to look to the future and not the past. i thank the gentleman for bringing up our men and women in

uniform because they are outrageously disadvantaged by -- mr. andrews: would the gentleman yield? mr. woodall: when we have a tea party rally on the mall, they are 100% supportive of our men and women in uniform and want to see those folks get paid. this is the only bill to do that. it' be happy to yield. mr. andrews: would the gentleman say people who are f.b.i. or d.e.a. agents are sucking money out of the treasury that could be used for private sector jobs? mr. woodall: i want to point out, madam speaker, one of the great joys of the job is being able to work together with colleagues across the aisle. i think mr. andrews is 100% right. 100% right. because what he struck on is one of those narrow opportunities where the constitution actually gives the government the responsibility to act. and that's one of the wonderful things. madam speaker, i may be new here on capitol hill, but the job came with an instruction book. it's neat. came with an instruction book. it's the united states constitution. it tells us what it is we should

and shouldn't do. mr. andrews: would the gentleman yield? mr. woodall: while i love to yield to the gentleman, i suspect what i could hear if i could presume is a discussion of the constitutionality of this provision that's here before us today. the good news is, i read the instruction book before i came to the floor today and i'm very comfortable with where we are headed. i would encourage my friends to support us on this resolution. it's not the end all, be all of government. it's a step in the right direction. and if you're going to have an all or nothing attitude, i'm not sure we are going to get things done. i wish you would work with me incrementally to make this happen. with that i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentlewoman from new york. ms. slaughter: to respond, i'd like to yield 15 seconds to mr. andrews. mr. andrews: i thank the gentlelady for yielding. with all due respect say it's not an instruction book. it's an owner's manual. and the owner's manual of the constitution says for a bill to become law the house has to pass it and the senate has to pass it. that's why this bill is unconstitutional. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from new york.

ms. slaughter: madam speaker, i'm pleased to yield 2 1/2 minutes to the gentleman from oregon, mr. defazio, who's helped create a few jobs while he's been here. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oregon is recognized for two 2 1/2 minutes. mr. defazio: that was astounding. apparently the gentleman is unfamiliar with the portions of the constitution referring to what were then post roads. the government can't create a job? we create incredible wealth, millions of jobs. by facilitating the infrastructure of this country which is paid for by the taxpayers. and those are all private sector jobs. they are contracted out to the best bid. so the gentleman has a little bit to learn. i realize he is new here. and he has been sent here on a fool's errand. let's keep the republican freshmen busy while behind closed doors your speaker is cutting a deal. things haven't changed around here all that much. and you're down here pretending that somehow we have become the omni potent, unicameral

legislature and the rulers of america. the president, the senate. i'm pretty fed up with the senate, too. i share your low opinion of them. but their problem. let's think this through. we can pass a bill here, becomes a law. now, in the last congress the house passed 300 bills that never came up in the senate. are those all laws today? boy, we got some catching up to do here. there were a lot of good bills that died in the senate. 300 laws, great. now, but what if the senate passes a bill and the house doesn't? does that become a law? well, i guess they could deem them selves the unicameral omnipotent legislative branch which i think they feel like they are all the time anyway. so anything they pass we don't take up becomes law. what if the president takes a bill that someone's introduced here that hasn't been debated and voted on by either house and he signs it? does that become a law? what a brave and wonderful new efficient world we have.

we can have three competing, two branches, and three competing places passing what they deem to be laws. come on, let's get real here. we read the constitution on the second day of this congress, and in fact joe wilson, he read article 1, section 7.2 on the floor. but apparently he and many others on that side didn't take it to heart. . it's got to pass the house and the senate in identical form and be agreed to by the president of the united states. we cannot deem anything. in your fantasy world we can deem everything. now, i would -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. defazio: i would recommend what i give out to school kids how a bill is made. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. i would remind members that they should refrain from

improper references to the united states senate. the gentleman from georgia. mr. woodall: madam speaker, might i inquire as to how much time remains on both sides? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia has 3 1/2 minutes remaining. the gentlewoman from new york has 6 1/4 minutes remaining. mr. woodall: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from new york. ms. slaughter: i yield to the gentleman from florida one minute, mr. deutch. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. deutch: i am proud to serve in a body that has such respect for the constitution. apparently my friends on the other side of the aisle are using a special april fools' part of the constitution that has a special provision in it when it says a majority in the party in the house of representatives is immovablely committed to shutting down the government unless the president of the united states and the

united states senate get onboard with their plan to destroy 700,000 jobs and cripple the nation's economic growth, that house majority can simply deem their plan the law without a vote by the senate or the signature of the president as they are null and void. there you have it, madam speaker. what we've clearly seen here is that my colleagues are so bent on adding 700,000 americans to the unemployment line that they can simply declare the senate of the united states and the president of the united states null and void. this bill tramples on our constitution. it is bad political theater and i urge my colleagues to oppose it. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from georgia. mr. woodall: madam speaker, i yield myself 15 seconds to say i fear will fall on deaf ears. h.r. 1255 will not become the law of the land unless the senate passes it and the president signs it. the senate passes it and the president signs it. that's the only thing we talk about doing here today and with that i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the

gentleman reserves. the gentlewoman from new york. ms. slaughter: madam speaker, i am pleased to yield one minute to the gentlewoman from texas, ms. jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from texas is recognized for one minute. ms. jackson lee: thank you very much, madam speaker. and i quarrel with the understanding of the gentleman on the other side of the aisle about the constitution. there are three branches. the judiciary, the legislative and the president. thank god they are because that means we have the ability to be reasonable and practical, recognizing we have a responsibility to reducing the debt, but not killing off seniors and those in classrooms. i just came from speaking to fellman college, women who are ready to go out and serve america, historically black college, and they realize that their education is a gift. but they want to give back to america. but this ridiculous $61 billion in cuts, want to make sure we don't have the american dream. as a member of the homeland security committee, i sit and

listen to those fighting the drug cartels on the bothereder but $400 million will be cut out of the homeland security funding so that it immacts i.c.e. agents, it impacts border patrol agents, it impacts intelligence gathering. these kinds of nonpractical ways are undermining americans and america's dream. 700,000 is just the beginning. it's the floor, it's not the limit. to those that seek a single tunnel view of how we run this country ---time the gentlewoman's time has expired. ms. jackson lee: this is the wrong direction. sit down at the bargaining table. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired. ms. jackson lee: stop putting your ideas on the backs of americans who need to be able to have the american dream. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia. mr. woodall: madam speaker, i yield myself 15 seconds. i don't want to be lectured on those who left the debt on our children and grandchildren's backs.

this bill is about providing a better day tomorrow than today. i stand proudly in support of it. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentlewoman from new york. ms. slaughter: madam speaker, i yield 2 1/2 minutes to the gentleman from vermont, former member of the rules committee, mr. welch. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from vermont is recognized. mr. welch: i thank the gentlelady. the house passed h.r. 1 with the republican majority that can't get it through the senate. they're frustrated. their responsibility, to be direct with the people that supported their passage of h.r. 1. and being direct with those folks is telling them they have a problem in the senate. the reason they have a problem in the senate is because the senate has a problem with the bill. coming into this house of representatives as a political game you will to pass a let's pretend bill, let's pretend the house passed it, become law without senate action, let's pretend that it becomes law without the senate or the president signing it,es that is misleading and not being straight with the folks who

supported h.r. 1. tell them the truth. they have a problem with the senate. now, there's a reason they have a problem with the senate. h.r. 1 is a bill that was designed to fail. it will not address the deficit. it will reduce spending in some areas. if you're low income and getting heating assistance, you'll lose some money. if you're an oil company that's making $55 billion in tax breaks from people you'll continue to receive it. if you have the war practice of putting our two wars, afghanistan and iraq, on the credit card, that will continue. what h.r. 1 did was target low-income folks, middle-class folks and it left all the other aspects of the budget off the table that has to be on the table if we're going to get to fiscal balance. number two, h.r. 1 was loaded with political hand grenades that were designed to make this thing blow up, and that's what's happening in the senate. things like ending national public radio or planned parenthood, getting in debate

about choice and abortion, all of those are issues that are vitally important, legitimate to be debated. but why put them on a bill where the onive of the bill is to help bring us into fiscal balance? that's a self-conscious decision, it's a willful decision and it's a decision that has implications and you are seeing it played out in the united states senate. h.r. 1 will not succeed in the challenge we face getting us to fiscal balance. and that is the problem that the majority in the house is having with that bill. coming in here with a bill is flatly explicitly unconstitutional by its own language, not with the sponsors say the bill does but what the bill says it does, allow the house by its unilateral action to pass legislation is unconstitutional, it has no merit and it is simply a way of trying to avoid responsibility. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from georgia. mr. woodall: madam speaker, i yield myself 15 seconds and i

wish i had time to refute that misdirection. what we're asking here is we pass the only bill that has been passed in either house of congress. i don't care if the senate passes h.r. 1. pass something. do i need to bring the chart back up what the senate has done? they have done nothing. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. woodall: i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentlewoman from new york. ms. slaughter: madam speaker, i yield 30 second to the gentleman from tennessee, mr. cohen. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from tennessee is recognized for 30 seconds. mr. cohen: thank you, madam speaker. i'm just totally confused. i was in new york a couple weeks ago and i saw a play called "single tiger in the bag cad zoo." robin williams was the star. i wrote him a letter. said, reality, what a concept. it even exists in congress. robin, i'm sorry. i was wrong. it doesn't exist today. thank you, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia. mr. woodall: i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman continues to reserve. the gentlewoman from new york. ms. slaughter: madam speaker,

i'm prepared to close if the gentleman has no further speakers. mr. woodall: i have no further speakers. ms. slaughter: madam speaker, if we defeat the previous question i will offer an amendment to the rule to provide immediately after the house adopts this rule to bring up s. 388, a bill to prohibit members of congress and the president from receiving pay during government shutdowns. as we face the possibility of a shutdown and discuss how to prevent and deal with it, there's one point on which we all agree, that members of congress should not be paid during a government shuftdown. the republican bill -- government shut down. we could pass a member pay bill today and take the senate bill from the desk. madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to insert the text of the amendment in the record along with extraneous material immediately prior to the vote on the previous question.

i urge my colleagues to vote no and defeat the previous question so we can debate and pass a bill that actually does something useful and that is deal with the pay of the president and the congress and actually has a chance because it has already passed the senate of being enacted into law. i urge a no vote on the rule and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. the gentleman from georgia. mr. woodall: madam speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. woodall: this has been an interesting experience for me as a freshman member of congress and a co-sponsor of the underlying legislation. i haven't had my motives impugned quite as much in the previous days as i've been impugned today. we're trying to make a difference. we're trying to move the ball forward. i wish our -- i'm just a bill song went on to talk about what you do when you have an intrang gent senate that can't act.

in seven days, madam speaker, the united states government shuts down. i just want to make that clear. in seven days the united states government shuts down. if the senate can't pass a bill and that we can't get together and define a solution. and that means our men and women in uniform don't get paid. that means our usda inspectors that inspect all the meat and the chicken that we eat, they won't go to work and those products won't come to the grocery store. it's not a little deal. it's a big deal. it's a big deal and this is a step in the direction towards finding a solution. now, this rule provides for debate on that underlying resolution. we'll get to that this afternoon. i look forward to that. i will ask all my colleagues on the left and the right, the conservatives and the liberals of all stripes to support this rule so that we can move forward and debate in an open fashion the underlying resolution. and with that i yield back the balance of my time, madam speaker, and i move the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. all time has expired. the question is on ordering the

previous question on the resolution. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. ms. slaughter: madam speaker, on that i ask the yeas and nays . the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. all those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this question will be postponed. pursuant to house resolution 189 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for further consideration of h.r. 658. will the gentleman from kansas, mr. yoder, kindly take the chair?

the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the further consideration of h.r. 658 which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill to amend title 49, united states code, to authorize appropriations for the federal aviation administration for fiscal years 2011 through 2014, to streamline programs, create efficiencies, reduce waste, and improve aviation safety and capacity, to provide stable funding for the national aviation system and for other purposes. the chair: when the committee of the whole rose on wednesday, march 31, 2011, amendment number 31 printed in house report 112-46 offered by the gentleman from california, mr. schiff, had been disposed of. pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, proceedings will now resume

on those amendments printed in house report 112-46 on which further proceedings were postponed in the following order -- amendment number 27 by mr. pearce of new mexico, amendment number 29 by mr. schiff of california, amendment number 20 by mr. sessions of texas, amendment number 21 by mr. latourette of ohio, and amendment number 24 by mr. shuster of pennsylvania. the chair will reduce to five minutes the time of any electronic vote after the first vote in the series. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment 27 printed in house report 112-46 by the gentleman from new mexico, mr. pearce, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the chair: -- the clerk: amendment number 27 printed in house report 112-46 offered by mr. pearce of new mexico. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is

ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.]

the chair: on this vote the yeas are 207. the nays are 215. the motion is not adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 29 printed in

house report 112-46 by the gentleman from california, mr. schiff, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 29 printed in house report 112-46 offered by mr. schiff of california. the chair: a rorted vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.]

the speaker pro tempore: on -- the chair: on this vote the yeas are 178, the nays are 243 and the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on recorded vote on amendment number 20 printed in house report 112-46 by the gentleman from texas, mr. sessions, on which proceedings were postponed on which the noes prevailed by a voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 20 printed in 112-46 offered by mr. sessions of texas. the chair: a recorded vote has

been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their vote by electricen reason toic device -- electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.]

the chair: on this vote the yeas are 183, the nays are 238. the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 21 printed in house report 112-46 by the gentleman from ohio, mr.

latourette, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 21 printed in house report 112-46 offered by mr. latourette of ohio. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their vote by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.]

the chair: on a vote of 206-220. the nays have it. the amendment fails. the unfinished business is the request for recorded vote on amendment 24 printed in house report 112-46 by the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. shuster, on which further proceedings were postponed and which the ayes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 24, printed in house report number 112-46, offered by mr. shuster of pennsylvania. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes

by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.]

the chair: on this vote the yeas are 215. the nays are 209. the amendment is adopted. the question is on the amendment in the nature of a substitute as amended. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the amendment is adopted.

accordingly under the rule, the committee rises. the speaker pro tempore: mr. chairman. the chair: mr. speaker, the committee of the whole house on the state of the union has had under consideration h.r. 658 and pursuant to house resolution 189 i report the bill back to the house with an amendment adopted in the committee of the whole. the speaker pro tempore: the chairman of the committee of the whole house on the state of the union reports that the committee has had under consideration the bill h.r. 658 and pursuant to house resolution 189 reports the bill back to the house with an amendment adopted in the committee of the whole. under the rule the previous question is ordered. is there a separate vote demanded on any amendment to the amendment reported from the committee of the whole? if not, the question is on adoption of the amendment in the nature of a substituted as amended. so many as are in favor say aye, those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. the question is on engrossment

and third reading of the bill. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. third reading. the clerk: a bill to amend title 49 united states code to authorize appropriations for the federal aviation administration for fiscal years 2011 to 2014, to streamline programs, create efficiencies, reduce waste, and improve aviation safety and capacity the, provide stable funding for the national aviation system, and for other purposes. >> mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from california seek recognition? ms. sanchez: i have a motion to recommit at the desk, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: is the gentlelady opposed to the bill? ms. sanchez: in its present form. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady qualifies. the clerk will report the motion. the clerk: miss lore reata sanchez of california moves to recommit the bill 658 to the committee with instructions to report the same back to the house forthwith with the following amendment. the speaker pro tempore: is there objection to dispensing with the motion to read the

amendment? for what purpose does the gentleman from minnesota seek recognition? >> i reserve a point of order. the speaker pro tempore: a point of order is reserved. is there objection to dispensing with the reading? seeing none, the gentlelady from california is recognized for five minutes. ms. sanchez: mr. speaker, the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the yeal is correct. ms. sanchez: thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady will suspend. the gentlelady may proceed. ms. sanchez: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, this country is in an unprecedented time with growing threats abroad and intense partisan rancor here in this chamber. but at this time and at this moment, mr. speaker, my final amendment to the f.a.a. authorization offers an opportunity to bridge these divides and to help add one more

component to secure our homeland. i want my colleagues to remember our darkest moment, our very vulnerable moment, the morning of september 11. i know how vulnerable i felt that day with the uncertainty of not knowing where the next plane would hit. would it be our capitol? would it be the golden gate bridge? would it be the sears tower? and i also remember the erieness of four, five days with no planes in the sky. the uncertainty we all felt. from richard reid trying to blight a bomb on his shoes to the christmas day bombing -- >> mr. speaker, the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is correct. the house will be in order. the gentlelady may proceed. ms. sanchez: to the christmas day bombing attempt two years ago, our skies have long been a

target for terrorists. this final amendment to the f.a.a. re-authorization would ensure that federal air marshals are deployed on all high-risk flights for the u.s. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady will suspend. will the house please be in order. le the gentlelady may proceed. ms. sanchez: thank you, mr. speaker. this final amendment to the f.a.a. authorization would ensure that federal air marshals are deployed on all high-level risk flights for u.s. airlines. for the last 20 years our greatest threats from al qaeda and other terrorist organizations have systematically targeted our passenger airlines. the fact that only percentage of the highest risk passenger flights on u.s. airlines have a

federal air marshal shows the amount of work that we still need to do. if the recent attempted attacks i spoke about earlier haven't changed your mind, -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady may proceed. ms. sanchez: if the recent attempted attacks i spoke about earlier haven't changed your mind, then let me remind you about the instability in the middle east we face right now. the christmas day bomber received his training in yemen, a country now marred with protests that has the potential to become even more unstable and more difficult. do we want more christmas day bombings? i don't believe so. as we are now all aware, our country's engaged in combat

operations over the skies of libya. no one doubts that colonel gaddafi's days are numbered and we will all be better off when there is one less dictator in this world. some of the younger members in this chamber today may not remember, but colonel gaddafi has a history of attacking the united states. 22 years ago pan am flight 103 took off from london en route to new york when a bomb exploded and it killed 270 people, 189 of those were americans. i believe we don't need another attack like that. not now and not ever. my colleagues, i urge you to join me in voting for my amendment to this bill and to ensure that we have more federal air marshals on the highest risk flights.

it has no lines, there are no party lines about this, this is what we should do together. mr. speaker, as a senior member of the homeland security committee, i have dedicated most of my years in this congress to ensure that we protect our borders, that we protect our airspace, and that we prevent attacks like this one. mr. speaker, i'm here today to make sure that we fulfill that dedication that i know all of my colleagues in this chamber have. i ask my republican colleagues to support this amendment that will ensure that we have federal air marshals on high-risk flights. when we end our time here in the people's house, when we look back and we ask, what did we do? when we ask ourselves what was our purpose i would like to be able to say we came together and we protected the american

people. it's our solemn obligation in this congress to do all that we can to defend our country. we owe it to those that we represent. we owe it to those on pan am flight 103. and we owe it to those on the attacks of september 11. especially especially we owe it to the 26,000 passengers who fly our american skies every day. i ask my colleagues on the other side to vote for what is right. do what is right. we must protect these country -- this country's skies. thank you and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from minnesota seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i withdraw my reservation. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's reservation is withdrawn. >> mr. speaker, i vote against this as proposed.

this is nothing more than -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman voiced for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. speaker. this is basically a procedural tactic and i am very opposed to this. mr. cravaack: i have served as a federal flight deck officer flying for the airlines. and if this was truly an important issue, this has been an open process, this would have been brought out way before this time. furthermore, the secretary of transportation has no authority over u.s. air marshals. the f.a.a. is currently operating under 18 extensions, mr. speaker. it is time to get this done. we come here to make a difference and not to recommit. this is an extension that has not been formally re-authorized since 2003 and i urge my colleagues to vote for this so that we can get the f.a.a. under way and get transportation and business flying again. the house republicans have brought a bill here today that reforms the necessary programs, it protects air safety and saves the taxpayer dollars. aviation accounts for 9.3% of

our g.d.p. it's done four years of delays, four years of people losing their jobs, it gets people back to work and stops these delays. vote against the m.t.r. and i would reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman cannot reserve his time. does the gentleman yield back? mr. cravaack: i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. all time having expired, without objection the previous question is ordered and the question is on the motion to recommit. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the noes have it. ms. sanchez: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady seek recognition? ms. sanchez: i request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. all those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. pursuant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule 0, the 15-minute vote on the motion to recommit will be followed by a five-minute vote on passage of the bill if ordered, ordering the previous question or on house resolution

194 and adoption of house resolution 194 if ordered. this will be a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.]

the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 184. the nays are 235. the motion is not adopted. the question is on passage of the bill. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the gentleman from illinois. >> on that i ask for the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: a recorded vote has been requested.

those favoring a recorded vote will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.]

the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 223. the nays are 196. the bill is passed. without objection, the motion to

reconsider is laid upon the table. the unfinished business is the vote on ordering the previous question on house resolution 194 on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title of the resolution. the clerk: house calendar number 24, house resolution 194, resolution providing for consideration of the bill h.r. 1255, to prevent a shutdown of the government of the united states, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on ordering the previous question, members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.]

the speaker pro tempore: on this this 230, the nays are 187, the previous question is ordered. the question is on adoption of the resolution. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. >> mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida. mr. hastings: mr. speaker, on that i ask the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: a recorded vote is ordered. all those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house

proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.]

the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 229, the nays are 187. the resolution is adopted and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? i mean george. >> pursuant to house resolution 194 i call up the bill h.r. 1255 and ask for its consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 125, a bill to prevent a shutdown of the government of the united states and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 194, the gentleman from georgia, mr. woodall, and the gentleman from south carolina, mr. clyburn, each will control 30 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from georgia. mr. woodall: mr. speaker, i yield one minute to my leader, the gentleman from virginia, mr.

cantor. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. cantor: i thank the speaker. i thank the gentleman from georgia. mr. speaker, mr. speaker, the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is correct. the gentleman may proceed. mr. cantor: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, as we debate the future course of government spending, we need to be honest with the people of this country about the current fiscal state of affairs. america averages now trillion-dollar deficits. we borrow nearly 40 cents of every dollar we spend. given the fiscal clout that hangs over our country, it is reckless to assume we can live pain-free forever. sooner or later something has to give. to give families and business confidence that their future won't be plagued by inflation,

higher taxes and higher interest rates, our majority vowed to move forcefully to cut spending. mr. speaker, the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is correct. the gentleman may proceed. mr. cantor: we made clear that only by putting federal spending on a sustainable trajectory could we create the conditions necessary for growth and job creation. during our three -- three months in the majority, we have delivered on our promise. six weeks ago after 47 hours of debate, we passed h.r. 1, to fund the government for the remainder of the fiscal year and save taxpayers $61 billion relative to current spending. in a more open process than the house had seen in four years we allowed the other party to offer countless amendments and over the past month we passed two

continuing resolutions that have cut $10 billion in spending. all along, mr. speaker, we practical particularly begged president obama and senate democrats to get serious and come to the table with a legitimate proposal. but we got nothing in return. no legislation, no credible plan to cut spending. mr. speaker, i want to underline the fact that we do not want a government shutdown. yet as senate democrats refuse to pass a bill, that unsettling prospect now looms ever larger which is why they must act. today we are bringing a bill to the floor that makes clear that continued inaction on the part of senate democratic majority is simply unacceptable. finally this bill also ensures that going forward, should there ever be a government shutdown, that members of congress and the

president will not get paid. if we can't do our job, why should we get paid? mr. speaker, funding the government at the levels passed by house republicans might not be what senator reid wants, but surely even he would agree that it's a better alternative than shutting down the government. i urge my colleagues to support this bill and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from south carolina. mr. clyburn: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, to begin this debate i yield four minutes to the distinguished democratic leader. democratic whip. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for yielding. april fool's, america. this is a joke, america. this is not real, america. as a matter of fact, mr. woodal of georgia says it's not real, it's not going to pass the senate. he made that very clear. the majority leader just said if

the senate won't take what we give them we're going to shut down the government. that's what he just said. and that's what i believe to be the case. the last time the government shut down was not when we had a republican president and a democratic congress. but when we had a democratic president and a republican congress. they shut down the government in 1995 and 1996. they shut down the government over christmas, as a matter of fact. the griverage who stole the government's operations for almost three weeks. we're about to do it again. mr. woodall who has been here now a few months was 10 years old when i came to the congress of the united states. he mentioned something about the debt. this $14 trillion of debt. i've only been here, i tell my friend, 30 years, but during the course of those 30 years republican presidents have

signed bills spending $4.8 trillion in deficit spending. during the course of the clinton administration we had a surplus, as the gentleman probably knows. now he will say presumably because we had a republican congress. but of course the republicans not only took the congress but they took the presidency. in 2001. and they ran up $2.5 trillion of deficit and increased the national debt by 150% notwithstanding the fact that they inherited a prog -- projected $5.6 trillion surplus. and now they've passed this april fool's joke on america. the gentleman, who is one of the co-sponsors says won't pass the senate, we know it won't pass the senate. but they pretend in their language what is clearly contrary to the constitution.

because they say, if it doesn't pass, the provisions of h.r. 1, the bill they've sent to the senate, passed by the house on february 19, 2011, are hereby enacted into law. in other words, we're going to deem it bassed. let me tell what you eric cantor said about deeming it passed. malfees ant manner. discharge -- to not discharge the duties of their office. and then speaker boehner said this about these deeming pieces of legislation which this is. he said it was a scheme and plot. that set a precedent that was, quote, one of the most outrageous things that he seen since he had been in congress and erroneously claimed that it never happened in american history. it had happened before. this has never happened, where the house of representatives took the position if you don't pass what we want, ours goes into law anyway. i'm sure our tea party friends